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VIC150 : School and Society

A guide provided by E. J. Pratt Library for students in VIC 150 as taught by Dr. Temitope Adefarakan

Evaluate Your Source

What kind of information are you looking for?

  • Determine if the source fits your purpose
  • Analyze the type and quality of the source

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Get Critical

Who? author/creator/publisher; contact information and accountability
Why? documentation about the source; purpose of source
When? currency

What? accuracy, bibliographical apparatus (sources, glossary, further readings)
Where? geographic coverage; place of publication

Resources for Evaluating Information

EVALUATE INFORMATION - CRAAP Test from Meriam Library, California State University (Under RESEARCH, click on EVALUATE INFORMATION to open a .pdf guide).

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES from E. J. Pratt Library, U of T

FINDING AND COMPARING SCHOLARLY, POPULAR, AND TRADE JOURNAL ARTICLES: created by San Diego State University Library and Information Access. c2011.

ULRICH's PERIODICAL DIRECTORY ONLINE: this resource will tell you if a periodical is peer-reviewed (refereed) or scholarly